SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

21 Tishrei 5774

From the Head of School ~

Dr. David Portnoy

Dear Yavneh Family,

Many of my family's sweetest Jewish memories involve the holiday of Sukkot. From our yearly construction of the three-sided deck-topping awning-wrapped steel-pipe-framed dwelling (how does the skhach-supporting trellis lay, again?), to hanging the Rosh Hashanah cards and kids' decorations, to the classic-but-timeless plastic-yellow-perfectly-ripened "banana phone" in the northwest corner of our sukkah, it was a holiday filled with leisurely meals among lifetime friends, and valiant efforts to combat a variety of outdoor bees and other flying objects.

This week at Yavneh saw some unseasonably cool Dallas weather and our students' exposure to the natural beauty of White Rock Lake and various downtown destinations, connecting our largely suburban population with many cultural, religious, artistic and historical features of our great city.

As we ready ourselves for Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, we wish you and yours a Chag Sameach and Shabbat Shalom from all of us at Yavneh!

Dr. P.

The Nurse's Corner ~

Susan Donnenfield, RN

Dear Yavneh families,

Any medications sent on-Campus for students, must be accompanied by a medical permission form, and follow protocol instructions.

Please click here for more information.

If you have any questions, please call Nurse Donnenfield at 214.295.3500 (ext 1617) or email sdonnenfield@srcampus.org

YAVNEH STUDENTS:

Please be sure to pick up your Texas State Fair tickets from the Yavneh Office.

Yavneh Calendar

click here for
more dates

September

25 ~  Shemini Atzeret
3pm dismissal

26/27 ~ Shemini
                 Atzeret and
                 Simchat Torah
                   No School

30 ~ JV/Varsity Mens

Bulldog Bball Meeting

8pm - Yavneh Library

October

13 ~ Lady Bulldog Bball

Parent Info Meeting

10am - Yavneh Library

15 ~ Prospective

           Families' Open
           House ~ 7pm

23 ~ Israel Gap Year

Program Info Night

7pm - Library

COMMUNITY EVENTS

September

now thru 9/29

~ JCC Film Festival

Click here for schedule & ticket purchase

October

14 ~ Temple Shalom

Fore The Kids
Golf Tourney

Click here for more info

Yavneh Student Mtgs:

New and returning students are invited!

Sunday 9/29

10:30am-12pm

Lady Bulldog

Basketball Training

(Schultz Family Gym)

volleyball players exempt

12:30pm Yearbook Crew

(@ Coffee Bean/Tea Leaf)

Please

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to make a donation to Yavneh Academy!

YOU make the difference!

Yavneh in Review

Students4Students Pancake Night in the Sukkah

Yavneh's Students4Students organization hosted students, teachers, and their families in the SR Campus Sukkah on Monday night - welcoming in our neighbors, and making them part of the extended Yavneh Family.

"We are so excited to have the students and families here to share in the Sukkah," said Lauren Siegel '14, who leads the program for her S4S peers. "After spending so much time in their classrooms, it was nice to show them where we study, where we go to school."

Our guests, from Hamilton Park Pacesetter Magnet in Richardson, are students that Yavneh's Students4Students Mentor program. Our students read with the children, assist in their classroom assignments, and give the teachers time to review students' work, while the Yavneh Mentors keep the classrooms running. The mentors and teachers at Hamilton Park Pacesetter Magnet call the students, "friends," allowing a warm and nurturing environment.

"I like how I learn to read and how 'Miss Haley' (Chestler '15) tells me how many minutes I have left for an assignment," said Mallory Palacioz who is in the first grade.

"I like having big kids teach us because they know a lot more than us. It's fun to have new people who come in to our classes and be our friends."

"I'm so proud of these kids, the best of Yavneh will always be a part of me," said Veronica Thomas, a former faculty member who helped the students coordinate the event and who, with the help of students, spent many hours in the Yavneh kitchen prepping the pancake bar with an array of toppings. "I connected the kids to Hamilton Park and I'm so glad to see the relationships growing and the learning that is happening for the little ones as well as for our own students. I know they all get a lot out of the program."

Musing the Museums and

Shaking it at the Intown Chabad Sukkah

The spirit of the holidays was felt throughout Dallas earlier this

week as students made their way to White Rock Lake, to Dallas museums, and to lunch at the Intown Chabad. From the Old Red Courthouse to the

Sixth Floor Museum and beyond, students and faculty members took their learning, their ruach, and their lulavs near and far.

Photo courtesy Hadas Cohen '14

"These trips allow our kids to grow - personally, and together, as they bond outside the classroom," said Rabbi Meir Tannenbaum, Associate Principal/Judaic Curriculum. "We take a bit of a break from the classroom - but they have the chance to be thinking, and learning, while they are laughing, sharing, and being together."

Photo by Rabbi Michel Lomner

Rabbi Moshe Greene (father of Yavneh faculty member Devora Lomner) shared learning with our students at the lake - providing lessons on never settling for mediocrity. White Rock Lake set the scene for discussions of how the Talmud teaches us of the role of water in our lives - how all of the species related to the holiday of Sukkot need water to survive, while providing a relaxing backdrop.

Click here to enjoy the Yavneh students'

ruach at the Intown Chabad!

At the Intown Chabad,

Rabbi Zvi Drizin welcomed the students into the sukkah for a pizza lunch, a singalong, and for what has become an annual event of memory-making.

"We have a great relationship with Yavneh's students for many years and many come back

to us to share in our learning and

programs once they graduate college," said Rabbi Drizin.

"This is a time for z'man simchateinu, the time of our happiness and that can only be enhanced by sharing together. It's great to see some students return,

and to get to meet the new kids."

Yavneh's Sukkah - A Site for Simcha Smiles

As the holiday of Sukkot comes to a close, and students readied for Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah, they came together for a morning of davening, of closing out the High Holy Days with last prayers of the season. Students and faculty beat the aravah,

the willow branches, they marched the hakafot around the Beit Midrash, and together enjoyed breakfast and lunch in the SR Campus Sukkah.

"Any opportunity to be together to pray and to prepare to welcome in the holidays, is a great occasion," said

Dr. David Portnoy, Head of School. "Having lunch together - and watching the kids all having a great time is really exciting."

Well Wishes & Mazel Tov!

Happy Birthday to:

SEPTEMBER

25 Blake Fonberg 28 Jonathan Ochstein 30 Osher Saboni

OCTOBER

2 Jonathan Nurko

Mazel Tov to:

Yavneh's Lady Bulldog

Volleyball Coaches -

Loren Weaver & Diego Salazar,

on their recent engagement.

The Bulldogs' Score!

Mens JV & Varsity Basketball

Monday - September 30 - 8pm

Yavneh Library

Parents' Meeting for all JV & Varsity Bulldog Basketball athletes. Attendance by at least one parent strongly encouraged.

***

Lady Bulldog Basketball

Sunday - October 13 - 10am

Yavneh Library

Parent AND Athlete Meeting for all Prospective Lady Bulldogs. Attendance by athletes and at least one parent required.

Lady Bulldog Volleyball

Please continue to check the website

for updates, directions, as well as Bulldog Athletic bus departure times for away games).

September

30 ~ HOME vs. Dallas Lutheran @ 6pm

October

1 ~ HOME vs. McKinney Christian @ 6pm

3 ~ AWAY vs. First Baptist Academy @ 6pm

8 ~ HOME vs. Brook Hill High School @ 6pm

Senior Night - Come Cheer on the Class of 2014 Volleyball Bulldogs!

Niv Avneri, Sarah Barnett, Michelle Friedstadt, Erin Smith, and Dania Tanur

Bulldog Mens Soccer

Click here for directions

The Bulldog Athletic bus leaves
SR Campus for all home
games at 6:15pm.

Check website for bus departures and directions to AWAY games.

All HOME games are at Hobby Field/Samuel Garland Park - Field #7

(Click to Hobby Field)

October

1 ~ HOME vs. Dallas International School @ 7:30pm

Senior Night - Come Cheer on the Class of 2014 Mens Soccer Bulldogs!

Jordan Cope, Jason Epstein, and Zach Harmon

3 ~ AWAY @ Canterbury Episcopal School @ 5:30pm

Be sure to visit Bulldog Sports

for more information, directions to

away games,
and complete and updated schedules.

MOL 2014

Yavneh's MOL students are greatly appreciative of our community's support of the program. Yavneh's MOL travelers have partnered with World Wear Project, to provide shoes and clothing for those in need while raising funds for their experience.

The collection bin which can accept items including shoes, clothing, belts, purses, wallets, hats, caps, backpacks, stuffed animals, hard toys and pots and pans is located in the Yavneh parking lot against the back fence.

For more info about Yavneh's MOL tour, visit www.marchofthelivingdallas.org

Class of '14 University & Israel Program Acceptances

Kol Hakavod to the following students who have received college acceptances and scholarship offers. Updated acceptances are in bold. Seniors, be sure to send notice of your acceptances to info@yavnehdallas.org so that we can share your news.

Jacob Feist ~ University of Kansas

College Cues ~~
                                                    Allyn Schmucker
                                                            Director of Guidance/College Counselor

** Wednesday, October 23 @ 7pm - Yavneh Library

Israel Gap Year Program information night.

College information sessions are held at Yavneh throughout the school day.

Juniors and Seniors are invited to attend any college information session .

Permission slips can be found in the office or Mrs. Schmucker's office. A signature from your teacher is required and the form must be completed no later than one day prior to the scheduled session. Your signed permission slip is your admission ticket into the session and will be collected at the session then turned in to the attendance office.

If a student chooses to attend an information session, it is the responsibility of the student to make up all work and assignments missed by attending any session.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Mrs. Schmucker at aschmucker@yavnehdallas.org

Upcoming College Admissions Representative Visits to Yavneh

(YL = Yavneh Library YOC = Yavneh Office Conference Room.

Be sure to check the College Counseling Bulletin Board for updates and have all
of the proper paperwork completed in order to attend)

October

2 ~ University of Maryland @ 1pm (YL)

8 ~ University of Massachusetts/Amherst @ 1pm (YOC)

Brandeis University @ 2pm (YOC)

9 ~ Yeshiva University/Stern College @ 11am (YL)

(Individual seniors wishing to interview with YU will have

the opportunity after the general program. Please see

Mrs. Schmucker to arrange for an interview.

Off-Campus College Information Sessions